• Family : ORCHIDACEAE
  (Orchid Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ORCHIDACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Luisia birchea Blume
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Luisia tenuifolia Blume
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist deciduous open forests
• Comments / notes : Rare along ghats at an altitude of 1000-1400m. on trees
• Flower, Fruit : July-October
• Collection Nos : KFP 4718
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Mysuru district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Maharashtra : Satara district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Thane district, Palghar district, Raigad district, Sindhudurg district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, Namakkal district, The Nilgiri district
• Native : India, Sri Lanka
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons.; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Luisia tenuifolia. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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